Women continue to retire with significantly less pension income than men.
Our research shows the gender pension gap stands at 32.9%, leaving many women facing financial disadvantage later in life, when there is little opportunity to make up the difference.
Driven by caring responsibilities, lower lifetime earnings, and inequalities within the pensions system itself, the gap remains largely ignored by government.
Prospect is calling for urgent action to measure, monitor and tackle the gender pension gap, ensuring women can look forward to a more secure retirement.

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16 June 2021
The four-week delay to the easing of lockdown is a devastating blow to the already…
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Joe Anderton · 14 June 2021
Prospect pensions officer Joe Anderton says pensions scams are on the rise but points out…
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Neil Hope-Collins · 14 June 2021
For those of us now working from home, our workplaces will have changed significantly and we…
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Honour Bayes · 26 May 2021
As National Share-a-story Month 2021 comes to a close, we wanted to take the opportunity to…
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25 May 2021
After six months of consultation with union members and non-members, across departments and…
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24 May 2021
It is right that the BBC has owned up to it’s mistakes and apologised for the findings of…
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21 May 2021
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21 May 2021
This week was Bectu Conference, which served as an opportunity to thank all of our reps and…
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20 May 2021
Head of Bectu, Philippa Childs has written to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, about the ULEZ…
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16 May 2021
In her address to Bectu Conference today, head of Bectu Philippa Childs has called for the…
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